Defining Recovery with Dr. Beth McGilley, Ph.D., FAED, CEDS | Episode 28

Dec 19, 2017

In this episode, superstar Dr. Beth Hartman McGilley joins us to talk about how to define recovery, her own personal recovery journey, and some key things she’s learned about recovery from her over a 30-year career as a leader in the field.  We talked about:

• Dr. McGilley’s own recovery journey, depression, and grief
• How is recovery defined
• Why the field doesn’t have a set definition for recovery
• Some signs of recovery
• The 10 things Beth knows for sure about eating disorder recovery
• Differences between being an exercising as an athlete vs eating-disordered exercise

Beth Hartman McGilley, Ph.D., FAED, Clinical Associate Professor, University of Kansas School of Medicine--Wichita is a psychologist in private practice, specializing in the treatment of eating and related disorders, body image, athletes, trauma, and grief. A Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED), and a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist, she has practiced for over 30 years, writing, lecturing, supervising, directing an inpatient eating disorders program and providing individual, family and group therapy.  She has published in academic journals and the popular media, as well as contributing chapters to several books. She is a journal editor for Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment & Prevention, and co-editor of the book: Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research/Practice Gap. She has presented extensively to national and international, lay and professional audiences, as well as appeared on a variety of local and national news and radio outlets. In addition to her clinical work, Dr. McGilley has been a chair or member of numerous committees for the AED since its inception.

Dr. McGilley also specializes in applications of sports psychology and performance enhancement techniques with athletes at the high school, collegiate and professional levels. She was the sports psychology consultant for the Wichita State University Women’s Basketball team from 2005-2008. She was the co-founder and co-chair of the Association for Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) Eating Disorders Special Interest Group from 2007-2012.

Dr. McGilley co-founded and for 12 years served as the President of the Healing Path Foundation, a nonprofit foundation dedicated to the prevention and treatment of eating disorders in Kansas. She is a longstanding member of the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP), the American Psychological Association (APA), and the Kansas Psychological Association (KPA).  She was a 2008 graduate of the Kansas Health Foundation Leadership Fellows Training program.

This podcast is hosted and produced by Janean Anderson, Ph.D., CEDS.  Dr. Anderson is a licensed psychologist, author, and podcast host.  She holds the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist designation from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP).  She is the Founder and Director of Colorado Therapy & Assessment Center, an outpatient treatment center in Denver, Colorado that specializes in eating disorders.  

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This podcast is sponsored by 'Ai Pono Maui.  'Ai Pono is led by an internationally renowned expert on eating disorders, Dr. Anita Johnston.  Located in a home-like oceanfront facility in beautiful Maui, Hawaii, Ai Pono offers residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment for eating disorders.  Visit aiponomaui.com

This podcast is sponsored by EDCare.  EDCare has provided PHP, IOP & Outpatient treatment for all genders, 18 and over, since 2001.  CAMSA ( which stands for Connection, Acceptance, Mindfulness, Sense of Self & Action), is EDCare’s mindfulness-based treatment approach and is incorporated into each individualized treatment plan.  Facilities are located in Denver, Colorado Springs, and Kansas City and all treatment are supported by Masters’ Level Clinicians or higher.  EDCare offers 4 specialty tracks (BED, ELITE Athlete, Substance Use, & Trauma), and the Connections House, an affordable supportive housing component, adds an extra layer of supervised support. www.eatingdisorder.care or [phone]